Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham (7 January 1970-) was the Labour Party MP for Leigh from 7 June 2001 to 3 May 2017, succeeding Lawrence Cunliffe and preceding Jo Platt.

Biography
Andy Burnham was born in Aintree, Lancashire, England on 7 January 1970, and he joined the Labour Party in 1984 and worked as a trade unionist before being elected to Parliament in 2001 as the Labour MP for Leigh. He served for sixteen years, and he served as Minister of State for Health from 2006 to 2007, as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2007 to 2008, Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport from 2008 to 2009, Secretary of State for Health from 2009 to 2010, and as Mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017.